Definitions
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- noun an Islamic judge
Etymologies
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Examples
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In each section, perspective shifts between Burton and the voices of those men he encounters along the way: his Indian servant tells the stories of his travails with Burton to a scribe; the qadi, the governor, and the shari in Mecca investigate Burton's hajj; and Sidi Mubarak Bombay, his African guide, shares his story with friends in Zanzibar.
The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov: Book summary 2010
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In each section, perspective shifts between Burton and the voices of those men he encounters along the way: his Indian servant tells the stories of his travails with Burton to a scribe; the qadi, the governor, and the shari in Mecca investigate Burton's hajj; and Sidi Mubarak Bombay, his African guide, shares his story with friends in Zanzibar.
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The head of the al-Azhar Islamic university, the chief qadi, the clerics of different mosques, are government-appointed.
Will Muslim Brotherhood control Egyptian religious institutions? 2011
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In each section, perspective shifts between Burton and the voices of those men he encounters along the way: his Indian servant tells the stories of his travails with Burton to a scribe; the qadi, the governor, and the shari in Mecca investigate Burton's hajj; and Sidi Mubarak Bombay, his African guide, shares his story with friends in Zanzibar.
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On arrival at Ceuta fully prepared for action with his assembled troops, the Amir sent his envoys, who included the qadi `Abd al-Malik and Ibn al Ahsan, to al-Mu`tamid.
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Every party to a case, “sitting and facing the qadi the judge, conversationally presents its evidence which the qadi hears and weighs.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Rejection of Saudi Arabia as an Alternate Forum for Resolving a Dispute: 2009
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The qadi decides when enough evidence has been heard and at that point announces a decision in open court.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Rejection of Saudi Arabia as an Alternate Forum for Resolving a Dispute: 2009
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A few Arabian soldiers, rousted out-after Zabdas gained himself ill will by waking the qadi, I gather.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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She was not present when Zabdas sought the qadi soon after his conversion; but in view of what was overheard and passed on, and what happened later, eventually she believed she could reconstruct it almost as well as if she had been invisibly listening.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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He asked for a private audience and the qadi granted it.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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Joshua Hammer, The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016), ch. 1.May 15, 2016